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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: News: OMG! - NCIS: HAWAI-EYE-EYE Cancelled by CBS After 3
 Seasons!
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:17:00 -0700
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On 4/27/24 10:42 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 4/27/24 7:44 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:15:46 -0700
>>>> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As per Deadline:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/04/ncis-hawaii-canceled-cbs-no-season-4-1235896481/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I certainly did not expect this! I figured they'd string the show out
>>>>> for another 2-4 years, easy...
>>>>>
>>>> I wonder if this article, accessible from the one you posted, explains
>>>> what happened?
>>>>
>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/04/ncis-hawaii-cast-reacts-cbs-cancellation-vanessa-lachey-ll-cool-j-1235897052/
>>>>
>>>> It seems that at least some of the cast thought the point
>>>> of the show was to "represent" rather than entertain. Maybe the
>>>> audience got tired of having DEI shoved down their throats? Although
>>>> the ratings were not awful, they might have been that much better if
>>>> they focused more on story-telling and less on the gender and ethnicity
>>>> of the characters.
>>>
>>> Sheesh
>>>
>>> So they thought having a woman of color leading the team made them cancel
>>> proof?
>>>
>>> Also, the NCIS Perth team is led by a woman of color so at worst they’ve
>>> just broken even.
>>
>> Lemme see - "Hawai-Eye-Eye" has Tori Anderson in the cast. "Sydney" has
>> Georgina Haig, but only as a recurring villain. I think the advantage
>> here would go to "Hawai-Eye-Eye".
>>
>>
>> Ian  (Hopefully this frees Anderson up to appear in stuff I'll actually
>> want to watch!...)
> 
> Anderson is the one shooting off her idiot mouth about this being “a huge
> loss for representation”. I would think that alone would keep you from
> wanting to watch her in anything else.

She's Canadian - they are terminal woke and stupid now.

But I'd still watch a new show with her, esp. if she plays a slutty 
vamp!!  ;p